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Post Gameday Points VII
Double
issue today, as I tackle the tough topics of the past two gamedays, since
I fell ill shortly after the June 1 gameday. My apologies, but rest easy;
I DID attend the games. Since both days had forfeits, making all games
played at only one field, I was able to catch all games that occured.
First
on my mind is the downward spiral Wiffolution is currently riding. They're
1-8 in their last 9 games, which has to hurt. Dean Evans is in the worst
shape, as he's the only player who's been involved in all 8 losses. On
the 1st, it was just him and Jeff, and he tossed 6 IP. Then, last Sunday,
it was just him and Casey, and he tossed 5 IP. Asking Dean to throw 11
IP in a span of eight days is akin to asking Jewel to come out with an
album more often than once every 5 years. It's just not fair, and if you
get what you ask for, it ain't gonna be great. As it turns out, Dean's
11th inning was the worst as the Playerz torched him for 12 runs. Two
grandslams and a 3-run homerun were part of the carnage that left Wiffolution
down for the count.
The
thing is, had Casey not made a couple errors early in that inning, NO
runs would have scored. The Playerz' new player, Bill Rozak (more on him
in a moment) hit a groundball down the first base line to lead the inning
off. Casey misplayed it and Bill was aboard. The very next batter, Matt
Smith, also hit a routine groundball to Casey, who fielded it and then
threw wide to Dean, which allowed Bill to move to third. Then Dean walked
Robins, loading the bases when it should have been just a man on first
with two outs. Bill then popped out, which would have ended the inning.
Instead, it's only the first out. Matt then singled home a run, and two
batters later, Bill hit the first of the grandslams. The rest is history.
As it sits now, Dean's ERA is 6.32 (worst in the league), when it very
well could be 4.77. I'm only going on and on and on about this because
only a few players witnessed this inning. Those who did not would not
know about what SHOULD have been. Sure, Dean wasn't pitching well (his
walk totals are getting to be very poor), but it wasn't as bad as it looks
on paper. Especially considering the amount of rest his teammates are
not letting him get.
Now
onto Bill Rozak, the new man on the Playerz. I really don't see a problem
with his joining the team. The Commish though let it be known that if
anyone DOES have a problem with it, speak up now or forever shut the hell
up. Matt Smith has admirably stated that he wouldn't have a problem dropping
his team out of the playoff race if other players/teams found it unfair,
not unlike what happened to the Road Warriors last year with Dave Cain.
However, no one's said anything, and I would think their window of opportunity
is closing as I type this out.
As
a player, the true lefty (we now have THREE?) is definitely talented,
despite being the oldest player in the league. His arm is nothing special,
but it will get the job done without too much trouble, and his bat will
drive some into the grass. I'm not sold on his foot speed though, but
really, how important is that in our league?
The
Horsemen looked lethal Sunday, embarrassing Wiffolution in two impressive
pitching performances. They picked up two shutouts and then a forfeit
win over the Holy Whites. As a result, they jumped over the Whites in
the standings. Still, after all that, they're 4 full games back of the
Road Warriors.
Carmichael |
Cat. |
Yoder |
19 |
Innings |
19 |
13 |
Opp.
Hits |
12 |
3 |
ER |
3 |
39 |
K |
33 |
6 |
BB |
2 |
3 |
HR |
3 |
76 |
BF |
70 |
.186 |
OAvg |
.176 |
8.21 |
K/4 |
6.95 |
0.63 |
ERA |
0.63 |
1 |
W |
4 |
0 |
L |
1 |
60.54 |
Rating |
59.32 |
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Last
time I wrote, I made mention of Yoder's 2003 + 2003 numbers. This time,
I'm going to make mention of Yoder in his quest to unseat Carmichael as
the league's Cy Young. After 4 scoreless Sunday, Yoder is now equal to
Scott in innings pitched, and the rest of their numbers are strikingly
similar as well. Check out the table. Who's having the better season?
What you get is a guy who is striking out more batters against a guy who
is allowing less men on base. Which do you prefer? Scott has 6 more strikeouts
than Seth, but has let 5 more men on base (hits plus walks). If you take
away Yoder's loss (and gave him a winning percentage of 100, the same
as Scott), he jumps ahead in rating by about 3/4 of a point. There are
other things you could look at too, such as quality of competition (I'm
too lazy to look that up), who's in the field for each pitcher, who they
gave up the runs to, quantity of 1-2-3 innings, etc, etc, etc. For now,
since I don't have to make an official vote, I'm going to just say that
it will be a great race to the finish line. At least I hope it is.
The
Road Warriors are scary right now, mainly because it looks like certain
players are starting to heat up. Dave Cain, who spent the first third
of the season hitting between .275 and .295 with about a homerun every
10 ABs is now hitting .340 with 15 homeruns in 94 ABs. Curtis Henning,
who was hitting .233 only two gamedays ago, is 12-33 (.364) since with
7 homeruns and 13 RBIs. He's also slugging 1.000 since with an ERA of
0.50 and a K/4 ratio of 8.50. Next gameday they get Darnell back, which
actually, scary as it may be, could be considered GOOD news for opposing
teams.
| Current
Rookie Standings |
| Name |
Brnk |
Prnk |
Ornk |
| 1.
Curtis Henning |
7 |
4 |
1 |
| 2.
Matt Smith |
9 |
12 |
2 |
| 3.
Matt Plummer |
13 |
10 |
3 |
| 4.
Keith Carlson |
6 |
17 |
4 |
| 5.
Pat Plummer |
21 |
8 |
5 |
| 6.
Tavis Beynon |
15 |
20 |
6 |
| 7.
John Robins |
17 |
19 |
7 |
Brnk
= Batting Rank (overall)
Prnk = Pitching Rank (overall)
ORnk = Overall Rank (rookies)
Ornk determined by summing both Brnk and Prnk. In the event
of a tie, player with more ABs is given priority. |
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Curtis
still sits atop the Rookie Standings. Matt Smith has been making a run,
but it will take a massive beating while Curtis is on the mound to get
him off that top spot. Carlson doesn't qualify (and won't), so Pat Plummer
is actually ranked fourth as far as the Rookie Game goes, meaning the
game is currently Henning and P. Plummer against M. Plummer and Smith.
The
Holy Whites were forced to forfeit due to Scott being the only member
to show up. Deatrick had let it be known well ahead of time that he would
be missing it, and according to Scott, Tavis let it be known he would
also be missing it after last week's games. Mike Walsh, who was going
to make a trip to SF, said he would "definitely make it back in time."
He did not, and the Whites had to forfeit. Mike has not been available
for comment, meaning he had better be dead, or else his excuse is already
suffering.
Ian
Byrd missed the gameday due to a senior trip to Mexico. The recent high
school grad spent a week down south, and his teammates merely hope he
wasn't arrested over the course of the vacation.
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